On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 16:55 +0100, Uwe Klosa wrote: > Which kernel were you using before the new kernel install. I did also have > some problems when i upgraded from 2.6.13 to 2.6.14. Check > that your kernel config is correct. In my case the config hasn't been correct. > > Cheers > Uwe > > Michael Sullivan wrote: > > I got my new computer about a month ago. It uses the snd-hda-intel ALSA > > driver. I fought with it for a week or two and finally got it working > > with alsa-driver (it wouldn't work when I attempted to compile ALSA > > support for the card into the kernel.) Yesterday it just kind of > > stopped. I've just rebuild kernel-2.6.14-gentoo-r2 (removing SMP > > support - someone told me last time that it might cause a problem) and > > before I rebuilt the kernel I removed all the old modules > > from /lib/modules for this kernel. I remerged alsa-driver. I try to > > start /etc/init.d/alsamixer and I hear the little <click/pop> sound out > > of my speakers that tells me that Gentoo has activated my sound card. I > > try to run alsamixer to unmute the card, but I get an error: > > > > camille ~ # /etc/init.d/alsasound start > > * Loading ALSA modules ... > > * Loading: snd-card-0 ... > > [ ok ] * Loading: snd-seq-oss ... > > [ ok ] * Restoring Mixer Levels ... > > * No mixer config in /etc/asound.state, you have to unmute your card! > > [ ok ]camille ~ # alsamixer > > > > alsamixer: function snd_mixer_load failed: Invalid argument > > > > The funny thing is that when I reload gnome-panel (killall gnome-panel) > > I have a volume control applet there. It's muted, but I slide the > > volume bar up. On File->Change Device (in the volume control applet) it > > claims to be using Realtek ALC880 (OSS Mixer), but I can't hear any > > sound from any of my other applications (including by selecting the OSS > > Mixer in xmms.) After I turn the volume up in the volume control applet > > if I go back to my terminal and try to run alsamixer again I get the > > same stupid error message, and if I restart /etc/init.d/alsasound I get > > this: > > > > camille ~ # /etc/init.d/alsasound restart > > * WARNING: you are stopping a boot service. > > * Storing ALSA Mixer Levels ... > > /usr/sbin/alsactl: get_control:149: Cannot read control info > > '2,0,0,Front Playback Volume,0': Invalid argument > > [ !! ] * Unloading ALSA ... > > [ ok ] * Unloading ALSA modules ... > > [ ok ] * Loading ALSA modules ... > > * Loading: snd-card-0 ... > > [ ok ] * Loading: snd-seq-oss ... > > [ ok ] * Loading: snd-pcm-oss ... > > [ ok ] * Restoring Mixer Levels ... > > * No mixer config in /etc/asound.state, you have to unmute your card! > > [ ok ] > > > > I have an /etc/asound.state backed up. When I restore it and > > restart /etc/init.d/alsasound I get this: > > > > camille ~ # /etc/init.d/alsasound restart > > * WARNING: you are stopping a boot service. > > * Storing ALSA Mixer Levels ... > > /usr/sbin/alsactl: get_control:149: Cannot read control info > > '2,0,0,Front Playback Volume,0': Invalid argument > > [ !! ] * Unloading ALSA ... > > [ ok ] * Unloading ALSA modules ... > > [ ok ] * Loading ALSA modules ... > > * Loading: snd-card-0 ... > > [ ok ] * Loading: snd-seq-oss ... > > [ ok ] * Loading: snd-pcm-oss ... > > [ ok ] * Restoring Mixer Levels ... > > /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:873: failed to obtain info for control #1 > > (Invalid argument) * Errors while restoring defaults, ignoring > > [ ok ] > > > > Any thoughts on how to get my sound back, or why it just quit in the > > first place? > >
I use genkernel. To get my sound card to work the first time I had to reboot with the LiveCD (Gentoo 2005), mount my partitions, chroot to the new environmeny, etc, unmerge gentoo-sources and alsa-driver, completely delete the directories under /usr/src and /lib/modules, remerge gentoo-sources, zcat /proc/config.gz > /usr/share/genkernel/x86/kernel-2.6 and run genkernel --all and then reboot into my regular environment and emerge alsa-driver then restart /etc/init.d/alsasound. Yesterday I did everything I did originally to get the sound to work and it doesn't. I'm not sure the kernel config was really clean. What would I have to do to get the original kernel config for when one first installs Gentoo? -- [email protected] mailing list
